Cigarette-making machine.



P. HAYN.

CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FlLED JULY 17, l9l5.

Patented Apr. 94, 1917 y l/VVE/VTOR Wafer My WITNESSES A 7TOR/VEY8 PETER HAYN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CIGARETTE-MAKING MACHINE.

Application filed July 17, 1915. Serial No. 40,429.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that 1, PETER HAYN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to individual cigarette making machines adapted to be carried in the pocket of the owner and ready for instant use, and which is of very compact form and is made to present the general appearance of a cigarette box of the shallow, one layer, type.

My invention employs a flexible band secured in a loop in the box or'bottom memher, and a pivoted arm provided with a segmental plate carried by the lid member and operating in conjunction with said flexible band to roll the tobacco into a cylindrical form with a sheet of paper inclosing the Same.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer to like parts in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2, showing my invention in initial tobacco receiving position;

Fig. 2 is a view looking into the device while in the position of parts shown in Fig. 1, partly broken away;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l but showing the parts in a cigarette completed position;

Fig. 4: is a section taken on the line 44; of Fig. 2; and F Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of In the drawings forming a part of this application I have shown a shallow box 6 provided with a lid or cover 7 hingedly connected thereto at 8 in the manner of and closely resembling the tin boxes in which all tobacco cigarettes are vended, and the exterior of the box and cover may carry the actual display matter of such conventional cigarette boxes.

Secured within the box 6 is a flexible band 9, of any suitable material, one end of which is held at the front edge of the box by means of a clamping plate 10 and the other end of which is held adjacent the rear edge of the box by means of a clamping plate 11;

Specification 61 Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, an.

these clamping plates may be made of sheets of metal bent into U-shape with the respective ends of the band 9 therein and held by means of a pluralityof detents 12, Fig. 2, the ends of said plates having relatively small tongues 13, Fig. 5, passed through corresponding slots in the box bottom and clamped, as shown, thus dispensing with soldering, and it will be noted that a quantity of free band material is provided between the clamping plates to form a loop 14:, this being of a calculated length.

The lid 7 has two arms 15 in pivotal connection therewith, preferably by means of a hook 16 formed, on the inner end of each and passed through a suitable opening 17 in the cover 7, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The outer ends of these arms are curved downwardly and are secured to a bridge plate 18 extending therebetw'een, preferably by having the ends of said bridge plate turned around said ends, whereby said arms and said bridge plate are movable as a unit, and I curve the bridge plate 18 in an arc of a circle, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The ends 15 of the arms 15 project beyond the bridge plate 18, and engage the bottom of the box, so as to guide and hold the bridge plate spaced from thebottom of the box, thereby facilitating the sliding of the band over the bridge plate and the manipulation of machine.

In assembling the device the bridge plate 18 is passed under theband 9, within the 'loop 14, whereby said band is curved around the curved outer surface of the bridge plate and said bridge plate presents a gutter like surface toward the bottom of the box 6, this curvature of the bridge plate constituting a highly important feature in the operation of the machine in rolling a cigarette.

In practice, the cover is opened to nearly its limit of movement and a pocket 19 formed of the band 9 between the bridge plate 18 and the bottom of the box 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and I then arrange a cigarette paper 20 in said pocket with one side edge adjacent-the forward edge of the bridge plate and the other side edge adjacent to the clamping plate 10.

A suitable quantity of tobacco is then evenly distributed along the pocket 19 upon the paper 20, and the cover 7 is then moved into closed position. This cover movement tends to move the forward edge of the bridge plate toward the bottom of the box 6 and toward its frontedge until the bridge plate rests against the box bottom with two thicknesses of the band interposed therebetween, the pocket l9 having been closed by this lid movement at its open side and the tobacco and a part of the cigarette paper inclosed therein. The free edge of the paper 20 may now be dampened, as with the tongue of the operator, and the lid closing movement continued. Y

This continued closing movement of the lid forces the bridge plate 18 farther toward the front edge of the box with the tobacco and paper'held beneath the inner guttered surface of said bridge plate; the rearward end of the band 9 being held against movement, said band must slide rearwardly over the outersurface of the bridge plate in the forward movement of the latter, this causing the portion of the band within the inner guttered surface of the bridge plate to move forwardly and thus rolling the tobacco into cylindrical form and rolling the paper 20 around the tobacco until the dampened edge of the paper sheet bears against the paper covering of the tobacco and adheres thereto. The lid 7 may now be opened, partially or fully, to permit removal of the now completed cigarette, the entire operation of cigarette making requiring but a very few seconds time.

The curved bridge plate serves the dual function of "assisting in the cylindrical formation of the tobacco and of separation of the two portions of the band 9 separated thereby to prevent friction therebetween, the former being the more important as the bridge plate acts as the rolling table for the tobacco and for the" paper inclosure thereof, and I preferably, double the forward edge of the bridge plate so as to present a smooth bearing surface of the same for the band being drawn thereover.

My machine is very compact and inexpensive,-as well as very practical, and I reserve the right to make the same of any desired form provided that the spirit of the invention is not departed from and that the modifications come Within the scope of the following claim.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is C A cigarette machine, comprising a shallow box having a hinged cover, a looped flexible band having its ends secured to the bottom of the box at the front and rear edges thereof, arms hinged to the cover of the box at the sides thereof and having their end portions curved downwardly, and a conc'avo-convex plate arranged under the band and secured to the curved ends of the y arms with its convex side outward and the ends of the arms projecting a short distance beyond the front edge of the plate, the projecting ends of said arms being adapted to engage the bottom of the box to serve as guides and hold thesaid plate spaced from the bottom of the box,

In testimony whereoftl have signed my name ,to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER HAYN.

Witnesses:-

- J. C. LARSEN,

- P111111 D. RoLLHAUs. 

